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Chapter 18: Kunoichi

"Hello Kagome-san." Tastunai said as he stood in front of the fuming Kagome.

"What do you want with me? Oh you probably want to make me love you before Naraku does." Kagome said.

"Alright! That's enough about the men--!" Kagura elbowed the murderous man.

"Please, Kagome-sama. Naraku-sama cannot find you right now. Not until one of us brings you to him." Kagura said.

"You wouldn't." Tastunai said to her sister.

"Well, she can help you get revenge. Might as well follow orders. With those purifying arrows alone we can beat Naraku and get all the jewel shards. Then we can be on our marry way." Kagura plotted.

"I gotta get a share of the shards too." Kagome said.

"Of course of course." Tastunai said as she smiled.

"What kind of girly man are you." Kagome muttered.

"Look here! I'm a…!" she stopped as she saw the death glare Kagura was giving her. "I'm…uh…gay." she lied.

"That's reasonable." Kagome said as she nodded.

"Oh c'mon. It's not that bad." Kagura whispered.

"It is!" Tastunai all but screamed.

"Well, Naraku-sama is waiting for you." Kagura straightened up and pulled Kagome unto her waiting feather. They then flew off.

Tastunai stood dumbstruck as she watched after them, scratching her head.

Kirara rubbed against her leg then transformed.

"Thanks Kirara." Tastunai climbed on Kirara's back and they flew off after Kagura and Kagome.

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"We just have to get them back. I didn't even notice Kirara was missing." Sango said regretfully.

Inuyasha was sitting in the corner of the hut, his ears twitching restlessly.

"You should get some sleep." Kaede said as she watched them all nod off then jump and nod off again.

"Good idea Kaede-sama." Miroku said as he looked around at the group hopefully.

"Fine." Inuyasha grumbled as he closed his eyes.

~Dream Flashback Thing~

He ran toward the village to see if Kagome was there. Sitting on a tree limb he watched her pace back and forth with her bow.

"Feh, this'll be easy." He said to himself.

Suddenly Kagome turned and shot and arrow at him.

He jumped off the branch and jumped onto the huts. She shot more arrows at him.

"Damn, my guard was down." He muttered.

He ran out of the village and into the fields. She shot four arrows in a row and pinned him to the farthest tree. He hung there by the fabric of his haori and looked at her. "Tell me what your name is?" she asked him. She had lowered her bow which still had an arrow to it. She was smiling slightly at him.

"Why would you care?" he answered rudely.

"I want to know the one who keeps trying to destroy my home." She said with her smile still pasted on her lips.

"I'm Inuyasha." he whispered. He had turned his head away so he didn't have to look at her. When he turned back she was starting down the path back to the village. "Oi, take these arrows out! And tell me your name!" he yelled after her.

"Keep the arrows. My name is Kagome. I am the miko in the village down this path" She said over her shoulder. She then disappeared down the path.

What's with that girl? He thought to himself. He tried to get off the tree but only managed to rip up his newly mended clothing.

~Second Dream Flashback Thing~

She shot five arrows pinning him to the same tree as last time.

"Would you stop it?! Why don't you ever finish me off?!" he yelled.

Kagome turned with a glare and place her arrow back into her quiver. "I wish not to waste more precious arrows." With that she turned and walked toward the village.

Inuyasha sagged against the tree as he watched her long black hair-up to her waist- sway behind her as her red pants covered her footing.

~Third Dream Flashback Thing~

The snow fell in a neat pattern across the roads and villages, freezing the summer crops and ponds.

Kagome was walking across the field carrying a box of medicine on her head and three boxes filled with blankets on her arms. She had a determined look on her face.

Inuyasha stood on the roof of the hut next to her and watched her incase she froze or something.

She obviously knew he was there. He didn't care if the villagers tried and killed him. He wanted to be right by her side, and it was obvious that she wanted to be by his.

Stopping in front of the hut he was jumping to she knocked on the door. The person that inhabited the house opened the door.

Kagome smiled her pretty smile and pulled a jar out of the top box with such practice and skill that she didn't need to look. The woman at the door took the bottle gratefully and handed Kagome a steaming cup of tea. Kagome took it gratefully and without setting down any of the boxes on her she sipped it. Drank it all!

Inuyasha watched her every move then when he saw her pant with tiredness and coldness his eyes softened. He had no intention of killing Kagome anymore nor did he ever wish to. He never wanted to hurt the miko whom never shot and arrow toward his flesh. She was gentle but violent but had the appetite of a man mind you. Every house she visited she ate whatever they gave her in a flash without messing up her beautiful face.

She walked back home to give the last bottles to her sisters who had fallen ill by this disease called the cold.

All the blankets she had saved went to the rest of the villagers that weren't sick and last was her. Nothing new to her, no new blankets, no nothing. But she seemed happy.

That's what Inuyasha loved about her. She never complained about stupid things like they got more then me or I didn't get any of that.

That's why he stuck by her, through thick and thin, death and life.

~End of Dream Flashback Thingy~

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"Thank you Kagura." Naraku said as he held Kagome's arm. "Now Kagome-sama, don't fuss. I loved you and your sister so much." He said as he winked.

"Eww." Kagome said as he lifted her eyebrow.

"What about me?" Tastunai asked as he walked into the room.

"You, sir are…"

"I am not a sir!" Tastunai yelled.

"A gay man in denial." Kagome whispered to Naraku.

He nodded. "Please explain, Tastunai, sir?"

"I am not a man!" she yelled.

"Yes you are." Kagura said as she crossed her arms.

"I am a Kunoichi" she yelled.

"Kunoichi's are woman, Tastunai. You are a man." Naraku said. "Now…please quit this nonsense. You cannot be a Kunoichi unless you are a woman and you aren't so you are a ninja. A man should be a man."

"I'm a…!"

Naraku snapped his fingers and her eyes glazed over again. "…a man." She finished the sentence. "That's not fair!" she yelled as the trance broke.

"How the hell do you get out of trances so fast?" Kagura asked.

"I'm human!" she yelled.

"You're dead!" Naraku raised his voice.

"With all do respect, Naraku-sama, I am not dead. At least I have my whole soul, unlike someone I know." She said.

"Like who?" Kagome asked suspiciously as Naraku let of her arm and she sat Indian style next to Kagura who was kneeling.

"Kikyo." Tastunai said reluctantly.

"I knew something was suspicious about her!" Kagome said relentlessly. "Weren't you going to kill us all though, Naraku?"

"I was but…I have other business to kill." He said calmly as he looked at Tastunai.

"Me?" she asked.

Kagura looked between the two then at Kagome who shrugged.

They were like one big happy family!

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This chapter was weird. I liked writing it though!!!

Next chapter:

Chapter 19: The Kiss of the Dark Dragon